Can You Imagine This Here? (1931)

Full title reads: “New York. Can you imagine this here? Forest Rangers - dead shots with their game - walk New York streets with guns cocked to ’pick off’ gangsters.“ New York, United States of America (USA). Two forest rangers, carrying rifles and knapsacks just as they would in the countryside, wander around New York streets. People walk with them as they wander around. Interviewer talks to men on rooftop of building. One of the Rangers says they saw Gangsters were shooting children so they thought they’d come and have a crack at them. One of them says he blames the crime wave on prohibition. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932)
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